Social Worker - Family Placement Team

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced social work practitioner to join our family placement team working within the Council’s fostering, adoption, and continuing care service.

Successful applicants will have experience working in Children & Families Social Work and experience of working in a family placement setting is advantageous. Applicants should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the statutory and regulatory framework underpinning the service, as well as being able to demonstrate knowledge of statutory responsibilities, relevant legislation and good practice in this area.

Applicants must have well developed assessment and report writing skills, be able to engage and communicate effectively with others. The ability to foster working relationships and work as part of a wider team is vital to this role.

Clackmannanshire Council is committed to Keeping The Promise to our local children and would welcome applications from candidates who are able to place children at the heart of planning and work creatively as part of a wider team to support children in their journey to a positive permanent destination whilst considering the importance of sibling relationships, connections with community and those of importance to them.

The Family Placement Team has a clear role to play in supporting the implementation of The Promise through the development of increased local care provision, enhanced support to foster carers, and the development of a fostering community in Clackmannanshire. Key priorities for the team relate to carer support and supervision, engagement, recruitment of new carers, and development of post adoption support services.

If you are interested in joining our team, please do not hesitate to contact jroddie@clacks.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

 

Requirements

You can view the application pack below including our recruitment privacy notice. The application pack contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting for the (Get into Care for Adult Care) further documents can be viewed below (These do not relate to the job advertised).

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application, if your salary is over £30,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first salary. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg